Satya Nadella, the chairman and CEO of Microsoft, argued on Wednesday for India to conduct cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) research, highlighting the country’s robust mathematical talent pool. In response to worries about job losses brought on by AI, Nadella claimed that these worries are unfounded since the technology will really open up new opportunities.
During a fireside discussion with Nadella here, Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Jitin Prasada warned against the dangers of artificial intelligence (AI), including the creation of bogus content, but emphasized the government’s dedication to striking a balance between innovation and regulation.“If the challenges become bigger, the government will not hesitate to come out with new legislation,” he said. Microsoft India President Puneet Chandhok was also part of the discussion.
Nadella commended India’s academic aptitude and mathematical skill in response to a question concerning the country’s continuing debate over whether to engage in frontier AI research, a high-stakes endeavor, or let international tech giants drive progress. “There is no reason why India cannot do frontier work,” said the Hyderabad-born business leader. “For example, I don’t think the last known big breakthrough in the AI frontier has happened. As I always say, we are just one mathematical breakthrough away from the entire edifice being thrown out, and we will go for something else. India has the maths talent, academic institutions, and research institutions to do the next big thing.”
Nadella tackled a pressing question on many minds: Will AI take away jobs? “In 2000, there were four million call centre employees; now there are 17 million — it has quadrupled,” he pointed out, looking to debunk the fears of mass unemployment. “To some degree the labour slump fallacy did not come true. We have a billion software developers, so the question is what will happen to their but when we look at the tech depth — the number of apps not built, the number of companies not served — there is more elasticity than a billion developers and one has to think about it.”
The topic of whether India could use local datasets to create its own AI basic model was also covered in the fireside conversation.
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